'Coal India Strike' - 56 News Result(s)

Power plants in the country have enough coal in hand to operate even if nothing is mined over the next 50 to 60 days, the coal and power minister said ahead of a proposed one-day strike by some Coal India Ltd workers on Friday.

Central trade unions on Saturday announced their decision to go ahead with a proposed nationwide strike on March 29 citing failure of talks with Coal India's management and the Ministry of Coal over auction of blocks of the dry fuel to private companies.

A delegation of AIADMK MPs today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention for the "amicable" settlement of an ongoing strike by the workers of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) which has now continued for over a month.

A day after the government decided to sell up to 10 per cent stake in Coal India Ltd, some of trade unions the public sector company on Thursday said they are opposed to the move and may hold a strike later.

Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that Coal India Ltd (CIL) trade unions have assured the government that they will try to make up for the loss in production of about one million tonnes on account of a workers strike which was called off the previous day.

After a marathon meeting with Union coal minister Piyush Goyal that lasted more than six and a half hours, the striking trade unions have finally called off the coal strike. The minister said a committee will be formed to look into their concerns.

Coal India Ltd struggled to produce and ship less than half of its daily target on the first day of a five-day worker strike that began on Tuesday, hampering government efforts to reform the country's coal industry and ease its power crisis.

On the second day of the coal strike, Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal is meeting the representatives of the striking trade unions to look for a solution to the impasse. The union leaders have claimed the authorities are using force against striking workers in Jharkhand.